Maher Sabry(I)
- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Maher Sabry was born in Cairo, Egypt to an upper middle-class family.
and attended the elite Victoria college, a prestigious private school
which has been attended by many Arab and Egyptian celebrities like film
directors Yousef Chahine, and Shady Abdel Salam, Actors Omar
Shereif, Ahmed Ramzy, and Samir Sabri. Later, Sabry earned an
Bachelor of Arts, (1993) in English literature and drama from Cairo
University. After graduation, he acted in, co-wrote and directed
several plays as well as starring in student movies and independent
films. He also worked teaching children drama, Arts and English,
publishing cartoons and publishing poetry. In 1998 he wrote and
directed his play "The Harem" where he "was the first director to
portray gay and lesbian love in lyrical and sympathetic manner on
stage, in fact in the Egyptian media as a whole..." (Arts and the
Islamic World, vol. 35). His work as a gay activist for Egyptian LGBTQ,
including his work covering the notorious Queen Boat arrests of 2001,
earned him the Felipa De Souza Award, in 2002. He studied Cinema in San
Francisco where he has made several short films and a documentary.
"Toul Omry" is his first feature length narrative movie.